Freedom is sometimes just simply another perspective awayThis song reminds me of a trick I taught myself several years ago when I was waiting tables.
There would be days at the restaurant where nothing was going right. The managers were on me for not keeping the side stations stocked, a customer was mad because I had taken just too long to get her refill, the bussers were mad because I was not helping out with bussing the tables, and the cooks, well, the cooks were always mad. I just couldn't catch a break, and my perspective would suffer. I would reflect the anger placed on me outward and be in a bad mood.
It was clearly not a healthy situation. One particular instance, though, I reminded myself that Christmas was coming up, and I began to sing to myself one of my favorite Advent hymns, just repeating "Prepare ye the way of the Lord," to myself over and over again. Bus a table– prepare ye, stock the side station– the way of the Lord. I would focus on nothing outside of that song as I went around doing whatever it was I was supposed to be doing. That was my prayer, repeated again and again.
And slowly, my mood would change. A favorite song, even when heard at a bad time, still had the power to turn my day around. And it's a trick that I still use to this day when nothing seems to be going right. Freedom [from my sour mood] really is sometimes just another perspective away.
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